Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-08-06

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The Alerts return i home this evening from their
The following schedule Will be played next
week: August s, Athletics VS.. Peabody; August 8,
Alerts VS.. LeDrOits; August 10, Monumentals Va
Orons; August ii, Alerts vs. Athletics; August L.
LeDroits, VS.. Peabody; August Is, Alerts vs.. Mon
umenralS.
GladmOn, who played with thewashingtons last
season, Is with the Athletics; he Is showing up
We'll
Fisher Is pitching good ball for the Orions, and
his support upon the whole is above the average.
The LeDroit Park people have just reason to be
proud OF their representatives In the League, the
ladies in particular LITERALLY support the club by
The Peabody team has strengthened their out
Held by securing several well-known washington
The bulletin board and special wire at Athletic
Park enables those who are interested in the pro-
gres3 OF the Washington Club to watch the result
as well as to witness dne exhibition Of ball play
The Robert Portner Club, Of Alexandria, Va,
visited Hyattsville yesterday and defeated the
second defeat the Hyattsvtles have experienced
on their own grounds being once defeated by the
Olymplcs. The Robert Portner team viii leave
for two weeks trip to Virginia shortly, visiting
before they return Hampton, Petersburg, Roanoke
and Richmond The headquarters OF the POrtner
D. C., where they would like to hear from ali the
leading clubs OF the District.
ECHOES FROM THE BALL FIELD
O'Brfen has made nine home runs
1t Is said that P1ttsburg and Indianapolis are
after EsterbrOOk.
The league did not take kindly to the Joe Start
boom for umpire.
Clin Carroll has played in rorty-three games
Ward has stolen sixty-one more bases than any
other league player.
1t Is said that Detroit intends to sell Weidman
Shindle, and BriOdy.
Hines stands seventh in the league In batting,
with an average Of 1898.
Shaw seems to be catching right on nOW-eyen
With the new ruleS.-EIchnnoe.
Fass was released by Indianapolis after Satur-
days game with Washington.
Sadie Houck, the perpetual chinner has gone to
Kansas City TO become a cowboy.
Morris, Of P1ttsburg, has paid $40 in fines this
Washington people are trying hard to spoil Ed
Daily, and they'll succeed.-EIchamge.
six thousand sa people witnessed Mondays game
between the Washingtons and ChcagOs.
Daniels, whom the BaltimOres consider their
crack catcher, cannot do much with the stick.
onn OF ~ chance @ sTe n errors this season
The Chicagoes now dress something like circus
acrobats. They wear uniforms made out OF Jersey
cloth,
Corkhill, Of Cincinnati, may be considered f1y.
ball player. He has only dropped two ny pals In
Washington enthusiasts, who have been shout.
with souvenir.
Since shaw found that he could not get his re-
lease t6 join New York he has been pitching excel
lent ball.-SpOrtin0 Life.
Although OBrien OF the wash1ngtons takes rank
but two bases this season.
Young sullivan. one OF the new league umpires.
smokes cigarettes and mops his face with a crash
fowl while performing his duty.
That excellent team OF colored PLAYERS. the
Cuban Giants, OF Trenton n. J., has SO far p1ayed
100 games and lost but 20 OF them
Jack Farrell Is playing just as fine game at
short stop for the Washngtons as he did at second
baSe The change was good one.
three, august l. last year. This year they had
won tWenty-elght and lost th1rty-e1gh
Fennelly OF the Reds. has made more runs this
season than any man In the American Association
he has crossed the plate eighty -dye times
Inc pest nelding nine In the association accord
Raa e4 t Rec atssags Is csSS Phillips
and Purcell. '
ODay, who halls from Chicago, was presented
Win a large noral star when he stepped to the
plate on Monday. The Lnter-Ocedn says it acted
as a hoOdOO. ~~'01
Donnelly is not such poor hitter as his enemies
want to make believe, and the Washington CimS
could go a long ways for another third baseman
and fare worse.
Daily was enthusiastically received nv tho
Washington crowds but he is not played regularly
on the team.-Phii tphio Press. He plays re0u-
lar when not crippled.
Getzein, Conway and Gruber, viii probably do
most OF the twirling for the Detroits for the re-
malnder OF the season.
Spalding now speaks In favor of the six-club
league and thinks the league should drop the two
tail-enders at the end OF this season. He eyi-
IDENTIFY wants few players out Of the two clubs
The Boston Courier says: There is but one
league umpire who Is strictly fair and his name is
Herman Doescher Powers Is good, but is inclined
TO home umpiring. The others are absolutely no
good.
The Washington Club has lost but one extra.
inning game this year, having won one from Chi
cago. two from Detroit, two from PittsburV, and
tied one with Philadelphia. Last year they lost
every one.
Capt Arson delivered lecture to his men be-
Tore the Washington series. He said the hoOdoos
had come, and he wanted every man to break his
They dio so.
Providence has sent out many ball captains. Ir.
Win, OF the Phillies; Farrell OF the Washingtons;
ward, recently captain OF the New Yorks and
Denny OF the Indianapolis, make up half the
league force OF captains
ON, papa. exclaimed q little girl In the grand
STAND at the beginning OF last Wednesdays game
zee the Two men with the buStes On their facesI"
There was roar whereabouts as II q double play
nao peen made.-Des M0ines Times.
no. George Reform In the civil service was dis
SussSu AT the meeting Of the National League
MI curtis made no allusion 10 the reserve rule or
Ine umpire question You are evidently tribe
on your base. ''0
beatin and kinslow, Detroit's new battery, and
VI Mnon so much Is expected, both played on the
ffIeuelck MO, club Kfnslow, ft will be femem-
Ucttu, caught on the W2ShfDQfOns fOr n fSy.a los